Chapter One: This was mostly an introduction to WebGIS and spent a lot of time going over exactly what it is. I think this was helpful because although I have already taken GEOG 291 and become familiar with ArcGIS, I am fairly oblivious to the information that the first chapter talked about. I found it interesting and honestly exciting that so many people could be connected through a website like this. Being able to connect and share information on a worldwide scale is something that I just knew nothing about before this. I am excited to learn how companies and individuals alike take advantage of WebGIS and how I can take advantage of it too. The tutorial one was also a very basic introduction to the software. I used my hard drive to download the zip file which took much less time than it did when I tried to do it in 291. It was way more intuitive than ArcGIS was. I enjoyed working on the app more than the map. Both were cool and I am already really excited to figure out how to make an app and what ideas I have for the final project.
Chapter Two: My biggest takeaway from this chapter was the different mapping styles. I enjoyed getting to see the different types with a little picture and sample description. I liked that a lot. I still am in awe of how exciting the online version of this is. I know I am the last person on earth to know about WebGIS but it is still so cool to me. Tutorial two was so interesting. It gave me big Apple website energy for the last few sections. I am enjoying slowly learning about the content without being thrown into it. I feel like that is a big difference from the first module. This is much easier to understand and I think it is more intuitive